CJ 230 Module Five Practice Activity Template

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CJ 230 Module Five Practice Activity Template Objective Summary of Decision-Making Process Complete the table below by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information. Scenario: You are a state patrol officer, on duty, who has observed a car unable to stay in its lane. When you pull the car over, you realize that the driver is also a state patrol officer who you know well and whose wife has a friendship with your wife. You have engaged in several social activities with him in the past. He is an extremely popular and likeable colleague in the department. As you engage with him after pulling him over, you notice that there is a strong scent of alcohol on his breath and that he is slurring his speech. When asked if he had something to drink, he says that he has just come from the retirement party of a popular police chief. He adds that he would be willing to park his car and have his wife pick him up if you could let this error slide, and states, “Law enforcement officers need to support each other.” As a patrol officer, you also have an obligation to enforce traffic laws and support public safety. Step 1: Identify the facts Step 2: Identify relevant values and concepts Step 3: Identify all possible moral dilemmas for each party involved Step 4: Decide what is the most immediate moral or ethical issue facing the individual Step 5: Resolve the ethical or moral dilemma by using an ethical system or some other means of decision making During his duty shift, a State Trooper noticed a vehicle that was swerving and that was not staying in its lane. An officer stopped the vehicle and noticed an odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle, as well as the driver As a well-liked colleague and personally acquainted with the driver, the state patrol officer recognizes him as one of his favorites. On-duty officers who were involved in pulling over an off-duty officer have an obligation to enforce all traffic laws, regardless of who is being pulled over for violating the law at the time. I believe that the individual would be facing the most immediate moral and ethical dilemma if the off-duty officer asked the on-duty officer to disregard the event and asked if he could park his car and call My response to this dilemma would be to tell the off-duty police officer that he may park his car and call his wife to pick him up, but I would still have to issue him a DUI citation, even though he is an off-duty officer. Even

Step 1: Identify the facts Step 2: Identify relevant values and concepts Step 3: Identify all possible moral dilemmas for each party involved Step 4: Decide what is the most immediate moral or ethical issue facing the individual Step 5: Resolve the ethical or moral dilemma by using an ethical system or some other means of decision making slurring his speech as he spoke. He recognized the driver as an off-duty state patrol officer who is a well- liked colleague. his wife to pick him up to drive home. though he is an off-duty officer, which does not give him a special exemption from criminal penalties. Objective Summary: A police officer notices that a car does not seem to be able to stay in its lane when driving. On stopping the car, the officer notices that the driver is a well-liked colleague off duty, but he also discovers that the driver smells strongly of alcohol on his breath as well as his slurred speech, and that the driver is unable to concentrate on what he is saying. In response to the police officer's request to let him leave, the driver claims that he is returning home from a party and offers to park his car and contact his wife for a pick-up if the police agree to let him do so. It is acceptable to agree with the off-duty officer's offer, but as a police officer you can also enforce the law by issuing a DUI citation to the off-duty officer because it is the right thing to do. Just because an off-duty officer is popular and well-liked does not mean he is exempt from the laws.

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